LIMITED EDITION KITS IN 2021
A large portion of today’s newsletter is
dedicated to the release schedule of new
Limited Edition kits for 2021. These will continue along the lines of changes that have
been introduced over the past year, which
appear to have been well received by the
modelling public. On occasion, I run across
a thread in a modelling forum that the
Limited Edition kits are not what they used
to be, are not financially advantageous and
that they offer no real bonus over the base
kit. I will only agree to the point that these
are ‘not what they used to be’. It’s true. The
world changes, and we along with it. We
continue to develop our Limited Edition kits
so that the retail cost of the package is lower than if all of the constituent items were
purchased separately. Of course, much of
the cost of the kit is based on the cost of
the plastic itself, which you don’t see. But, if
you compare the pricing between the Spitfire Mk.I Limited Edition kit and the Profi-
PACK version, it becomes quite clear. On top
of that, the critics of the kits don’t take into
account the decal options that come with
them, or the amount of work that is needed
to develop them and their notes. I would
venture to say that the collection of marking
options that go with these kits is what taxes
resources the most. Currently, the Limited
Edition kits are the best selling Eduard items
there are. So, what’s in store for this line in
the coming year?
THE START: FIRST QUARTER OF 2021
Immediately in January, we have FOKKER FOKKER!, a 1:72nd scale kit involving the development and production of the Fokker D.VII in its
original form at Fokker. The contents of the box,
which will be a Dual Combo boxing, will cover the
early and late versions of the D.VII, and something from the mid-production type with a Mercedes D.IIIa engine and the Fokker D.VIIF with
the higher rated BMW D.III. We will even include
two aircraft with the Mercedes D.IIIau engine,
a lesser known version offering 200hp. You can
FOKKER FOKKER! 1/72
DU DOCH NICHT!! 1/72
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INFO Eduard - DECEMBER 2020